TTP, Qaeda plan to kidnap Bilawal: Rahman Malik

Federal Interior Minister Rahman Malik on Monday revealed that TTP and Al-Qaeda have planned to kidnap Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Talking to media after attending a function in NADRA, Rehman Malik revealed that defunct Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and Al-Qaeda have planned to assassinate PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto. Bilawal's security has since been beefed up and the law enforcement agencies are also being issued special instructions, he added. Foreign authorities, he said, are also being contacted about Bilawal Bhutto's security adding that specific measures are being taken regarding the security of the Bhutto family. To a question, the Interior Minister rejected any links with Black Water. Malik said that he had no link with 'Black Water and he should be hanged if proved. He said that some people staged sit-in to show the public but we went to jail for the public. Rehman vowed to provide job to the youth of Pakistan. The Interior Minister also said that former governor Punjab Salman Taseers son Shahbaz Taseer was alive and in the custody of kidnappers near Afghan border. As per intelligence information, the kidnappers have kept the son of late Governor Salman Taseer in Pak-Afghan border areas, but I want to tell the terrorist that their coward action cannot weaken the governments commitment against extremism and terrorism, he said. He also said that government was trying for his release. Shahbaz Taseer was kidnapped from Lahore few months ago when he was proceeding to his office. Replying to a question, Rehman Malik said VIPs in the government were facing threats from the banned outfit, Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and al Qaeda. The minister appreciated Islamabad Police, which under the leadership of Inspector General, Bani Amin have averted many terrorist threats in Capital. Earlier, addressing a ceremony, he read out a notification that services of all contract employees of NADRA in different categories have been regularized. He also announced a housing scheme for more than 14,000 employees of the organization under which 50 per cent finances would be provided by NADRA as advance while the remaining would be arranged through banks. The advance amount would be deducted from the employees salaries. The Minister highlighted manifesto of PPP which is to ensure employment for unemployed people. He said President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani faced jails to fight for the rights of people. Provision of employment is our priority and PPP government will continue its policy to facilitate people, he added. He also appreciated performance of NADRA and said this organization had achieved a lot since its inception.